WVDA and Bayer CropScience Join Forces to Protect Cathedral State Park From Invasive Pest

This article will be of interest to our group regarding steps being taken to protect against an invasive species threatening the virgin hemlock trees at Cathedral State Park:

WVDA Treats Hemlocks Threatened by Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Collis P. Huntington in Herald Dispatch

One of our guest speakers for the Timber & Rail Project, Jim Casto, has a great article in the Sunday edition of the Herald Dispatch.  This article is on Collis P. Huntington and his legacy in Huntington, WV.
The article is a great read - http://www.herald-dispatch.com/features/x15588764/CSX-city-both-Huntingtons-legacies

Video from Summer Trip

The video of our experience across West Virginia to learn first-hand about the science and history of the timber and rail industries in the state is available HERE.
Throughout the course and the summer we learned how the timber and rail industries not only influenced each other but how those industries shaped our state.